Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Chelsea Eviction Risk: Elevated , Atlantic City
Tract 34001000500 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 3,042 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 7.8/10, tract 34001000500 in the Chelsea area of Atlantic City, NJ reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,042 residents. 67% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Atlantic County average of 48.9%.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units930
Renter share53.3%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate19.1%
Median income$50,704
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
39
th percentile
Low
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlantic City and the region
Centroid at 39.3574, -74.4481 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chelsea scores 7.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Atlantic City
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
19.1% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,246 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Atlantic City
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Atlantic City
4.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Atlantic City
5.7
How Chelsea compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 58%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 363Total filings over 6 yrs
- 12.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.1%Peak (2016)
- 64Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Chelsea. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 20.6%Housing insecurity
- 10.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.1%Food insecurity
- 16.5%SNAP enrollment
- 12.8%Transit barriers
- 21.3%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 30.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chelsea
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.3/10. It sits 2.3 points above the Atlantic County average of 5.5.
The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. Food insecurity runs 29.1% against 17.8% nationally.
Adults with no health insurance runs 21.3% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 363 filings here across 6 tracked years. At $1,246 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Atlantic City commands.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 18.1% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Atlantic City. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34001000500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001000500?
Census tract 34001000500 in the Chelsea neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 34001000500?
Median gross rent is $1,246/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34001000500?
19.1% of residents in tract 34001000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,042.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34001000500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 66th, minority 92th, housing 42th.
Q5
Is tract 34001000500 considered part of Chelsea?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34001000500 fall within Chelsea (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001000500?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 363 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001000500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.20% of renter households, peaking at 18.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34001000500 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.6% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 10.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34001000500 compare to Atlantic City overall?
Tract 34001000500 scores 7.8/10, higher than the parent city of Atlantic City at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Atlantic City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34001000500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Atlantic City
Top eight tracts in Atlantic City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · NJ
Chelsea Heights
7.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Lower Chelsea
7.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Chelsea
7.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Chelsea
7.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Stanley S. Holmes Village
7.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Stanley S. Holmes Village
7.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Bungalow Park
7.8
/ 10 · High
Tract · NJ
Midtown North
7.8
/ 10 · High
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